Sweden Democrats

The Sweden Democrats (SD) is a right-wing populist political party in Sweden that was founded on 6 February 1988. The party had its roots in Swedish fascism and white supremacism and was initially characterized by right-wing extremism and activism; the party's founders spoke fondly of Nazism and used the British National Party's torch as its logo until 2006. The party's main views would become nationalism and social conservatism, and it opposed immigration, the integration of immigrants, multiculturalism, taxes, Sami rights, and European Union membership. Due to its far-right views, Sweden Democrats was unable to form coalition governments with any other party. In 2017, SD held 49/349 Riksdag seats, 2/20 European Parliament seats, 161/1,597 county council seats, and 1,324/12,780 municipal council seats.